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LIGHTING-UP TIME
7.5S P.M.
WEATHER FORECAST
Moderate to Fresh Northwest Wind.
Fine, with Occasional Showers
Stye JRmjal terfte mh (bilimtet latlg
INCORPORATING THE ROYAL GAZETTE (Established 1828) and THE BERMUDA COLONIST (Established 1866)
VOL. 19—NO. 162
HAMILTON. BERMUDA. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1939
3d PER COPY—40/- PER ANNUM
REPORT IN LONDON OF HITLER'S PLAN FOR DANZIG PROBLEM
¥ARSAW HOPES FOR GERMANY'S
REASONABLE ATTITUDE" OVER|ra Make rf Local
LONG DISPUTED TERRITORY Conditions for Government
AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS £79-MILLI0N ADDED TO
FROM U.S. DUE TODAY RECORD BRITISH BUDGET
Bulgarian-Yugoslavian Alliance
Formulated As South Slav Bloc
For Nazis
LONDON, July 12. (CP)—Reports reaching London from
Berlin yesterday evening said that Hitler would offer Warsaw a
plan for the joint German-Polish control of Danzig with the Reich
authority predominating. The reports, which diplomatic circles
viewed skeptically, said that Hitler would offer to take over the
total administrative control of most of the disputed territory, but
would share with Poland the supervision of Danzig harbour and
customs. Germany would expect the Polish withdrawal from the
Anglo-French security league, the conclusion of a new Polish-
German friendship treaty, the resumption of Polish food exports
to Germany, the demilitarization of the Free City, the abolition of
the League of Nations regime and the removal of Geneva's Commissioner from Danzig.
\Y„-
12. (CP)—If Ger-|
tore reasonable at-
;xt few months it
a negotiate a "sim-
Danzig. the semi-
TYROLEAN GERMANS
SPLIT ON EXPULSION
ta F<
sua st
a
land
13 er]
Danzi*
zig a^
the R<
show
Polish rights hi De
control of any sort
atmg I
it is not im-
ierstand that she
ttle goodwill," the
ented. "It would
a to elaborate a | paper
than today's for
uld maintain. Dan-
ty, independent of
ling in the customs
id and submitting
no outside
Mussolini Decrees Against
Anti-Fascist Elements
PARIS, Jul}
BE
for i
GRADE, July 12.
virtual alliance
(CP)—Plans
by Bulgaria
.'ugoslavia were shaped today in
^parent furtherance of the
German project for a "little axis,"
including those two Slav nations and
countries of this
750 miles across
trope from the Alps
and have a combined
S2,000,000. Hungary
the Rome-Berlin
Hunga
projeci
stretch
powe:
Since
ed
in
wit
-c
;ad<
3d t
a 1
idei
mintern pact.
•s, mcluding
i bring Yugo-
igether in a
German in-
leHc
12. (CP)—The news-
Excelsior today said that bitterness among the 225,200 Germanic
residents of the Italian Tyrol, whom
Nazi organizers hope to move to
Germany, have resulted in a split of
the Tyrolean Nazis into two warring
groups. According to the newspaper
the opposition Nazi organization "is
leading an intense agitation against
the expulsion measures. In the
first place, where are the 225,200
sub-Tyrolean Germans to be sent?
It is rumoured they are destined to
people the marshy plains of East
Prussia. The Tyroleans dread this
destination and their resistance appears great, showing itself especially
in the creation of a new independent
party which was disavowed by the
Reich as soon as it was created."
ROME, July 12. (CP)—The Italian
Government disclosed today that
Mussolini himself had ordered all
foreigners cleared out of Bolzano province as a "political and military"
II Duce
i directed against anti-
rhe communique said
[nterior
lies
naee
oalinued on Pi
as Minister
the expuh
l frontier c
which Ita
in the Gre;
on was take]
e Ovra, Ital
ns iron
the Tj
gamed
Wi
<-,
MOSCOW UTTERS SNORT
OVER GERM BON
western natic
lie province of
Bolzar
Japanese Willing To End
Border Hostilities
JAPAN DETERMINED TO
"CHASTISE" OUTSIDERS
tern
sible
tp&n's Army Near Mongo-
ontier, July 12 (CP)—Yester-
lanese troops pushed the last
oviet-Mongol forces from their
border battle zone on the
River, where they were re-
yesterday to have received
irders not to carry hostilities
the frontier into Mongolia,
ras taken as an indication
te Japanese are seeking to de-
ate hostilities at the -first pos-
aoment. The commander of
apanese forces was said to have
issued the order and to have added
that when the Soviet-Mongol troops
were hack in their own territory the
"incident would be considered closed."
MOSCOW, July 12 (CP; -The Japanese assertion that Soviet plar.es
were dropping dystentry germ bombs
on the Japanses position along the
Manchoukuo border aroused only a
contemptuous snort in Moscow last
night. One Russian remarked that
he thought the sole germ of truth
in the report was that the Japanese
failure to make headway in Outer
Mongolia must be making their
generals sick.
Members of the commission which
is to inquire into various phases of
Bermuda's agricultural industry will
arrive this morning in the Queen
of Bermuda from Ithaca, New York.
The commission is composed of
members of Cornell University's
faculty and includes Dr. Paul X. Williamson, assistant professor of farm
management, Dr. Glenn W. Hedlund,
assistant professor of farm finance
and Mr. J. A. Lorenz, research assistant in vegetable crops.
The survey, to cost $6,000, was first
mooted in the House of Assembly
by Mr. H. J. Tucker, Jr., and on November 16 the House agreed to send
a message to His Excellency the Governor asking that a survey be conducted in view of "the deplorable
condition of agriculture in these
Islands." Opposition was raised to
the suggestion from certain quarters and it was stated at that time
that the Board of Agriculture were
opposed to the plan.
The message stated that the survey should include the investigation of:—
(a) Soil analysis, crops peculiarly
adapted to Bermuda, crop rotation,
fertilizers, intensive cultivation, etc.
(bi Development of local markets,
assisted by protective tariffs, and including the improvement of distributional facilities.
'ci Refrigerating plant, frosted
food process and cannery.
(d> The possibility of export of
specially packaged high quality produce.
(e) Encouragement and assistance
for raisers of hogs, poultry, etc., for
food purposes.
(f) Reorganization of Department
of Agriculture to provide maximum
assistance to the farmer.
The Director of Agriculture, Mr. T.
A. Russell will meet the commission
at the dock and later in the day the
visitors will meet members of the
Agricultural Department and possibly members of the Executive Council. It is not expected that the commission will meet the Board of Agriculture at once but a meeting may
be arranged later. Sir Stanley Spurling, Chairman of the Board of Agriculture, stated yesterday that the
survey was not the "baby" of the
Board but rather of the House of
Assembly, and that instructions
would probably go out from the
Executive Council rather than the
Board of Agriculture.
Questioned yesterd:
op;
As:
du
Deen
vey
but £
dowr
son
what
duce
ation raised 3
nbly to the s
id in the hea
ey Spurling sa
some criticisi
leing conduct
ome of the pri
. here during
and are well
TIENTSIN, July 12. (CP)—Vice-
Admiral Masaharu Hibino, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese
naval forces in North China, said
today that Japan was prepared "to
chastise anybody who stood in the
way" of establishing a "new order in
East Asia." This statement was
made after the Admiral toured the
blockaded lines. The naval chieftain
declared that the British attitude
toward the Sino-Japanese war "was
adominable" and the Japanese were
"determined to attain their objectives in the forthcoming negotiations" with the British representatives at Tokio.
The Japanese have demanded an
end to British anti-Japanese activities and British help to the Chinese
in the Central Government.
Only a small supply of milk was
permitted to enter the British Concession today. Four Soviet-Russian dairymen were detained despite
two strong protests recently by the
Soviet consul-general. The electrified wires around the British and
French Concessions were blamed
for the death of a Chinese found
at the boundary of the international
area. It was the third such death.
rday regarding
l the House of
rvey being con-
of summer, Sir
i that there had
about the sur-
d at this time,
fessors had been
he growing sea-
icquainted with
we produce and how we pro-
it. It seemed the problem
was more an economic one, of marketing, than anything else.
The Department will co-operate
with the commission during the survey, which is expected to take at
least five weeks, and already they
have forwarded considerable data
and information to Cornell University. Following their study of con-
Continued on Page 4
—O—
EXETER COMING HERE TO
RECEIVE FRENCH SHIPS
Breaking Present Cruise &
Arrives Here Tuesday
H.M.S. Exeter, under the command
of Commodore H. H. Harwood,
O.B.E., will interrupt her present
cruise and return to Bermuda on
Tuesday next in order to receive the
French cruiser squadron which is to
visit Bermuda after a voyage to the
New York World's Fair. The three
French cruisers will be in these
waters from July 20 to 25.
H.M.S. Dundee and Penzance, the
two escort ships on this Station, will
leave Bermuda next Tuesday to cruise
in American, Canadian, Newfoundland and Labrador waters. They aie
due to return to Bermuda in October.
New Sums for Conscript
Army and Territorial Army
LONDON, July 12. (CP)—Mr.
Chamberlain's Cabinet asked Parliament today for more money to pay
for Britain's expanding army and
extended its credits to two Balkan
allies for arms. Other steps in
Britain's preparedness campaign included the disclosure that the Royal
Air Force will make more extensive
long distance mass flights over the
South of France, and possibly over
the Mediterranean near the Italian
coast.
The second revision of the ARP
evacuation plan is to include large
areas of London not considered in
the danger zone until now.
A third announcement today concerned stocks of essential raw
materials of which, it is stated, Britain has more than an adequate supply for three months of war-time
needs.
A supplementary estimate for the
1939 budget added £79,105,000 to a
record Army appropriation in what
is already Britain's largest budget
since the Great War and the largest
in the nation's peace-time history.
The additional funds will help to
supply the new conscript army, which
is expected to reach an enrollment of
100,000 20-year-old recruits before
the end of the year, and the Territorial Army, which has grown to 4S5.090
men.
—o— —
SUDDEN DEATH OF PILOT
REGINALD ROBERTS (41)
Has Been Pilot 18 Years, 10
in Government Service
The death occurred very suddenly
yesterday morning of Mr. Reginald
Roberts, one of the Bermuda Government Pilots, at his residence at the
west end of St. David's Island. Pilot
Roberts was playing with his granddaughter when he was suddenly
stricken ill, and his death occurred
almost at once. Dr. Bookings went
over to St. David's Island from St.
George's, but death had taken place
some time before he arrived. Mr.
Roberts was 41 years of age.
Mr. Roberts had been a pilot for 18
years. He was one of i he private
pilots who joined the Government
Service when it was formed in
. to which he had p
ito Bermuda channel
ears. Pilots from th
Pilot Statio i acted as pall-
the funeral yesterday
PETITION URGES PRESENT
CITY HALL SITE
MISS BERMUDA CONTEST
1U
previf
ships
eight
David's
nearers
1929,
oted S
St
Describes the Corporation
Decision As Arbitrary
"We, the undersigned freeholders,
wish to unite in voicing our unreserved
objection to the arbitrary decision"
commences a petition now being circulated amongst freeholders cf the
City of Hamilton against the proposal to utilize the site of the eastern
portion of the Hamilton Hotel for the
new City Hall. The sponsors of the
petition have been canvassing quietly
and hope to induce a majority of
about 230 freeholders in the City to
sign it.
The petition reviews the situation
leading up to the decision of the
Corporation to build the City Hall,
and refers particularly to the meeting
of the freeholders held on June 1,
1938. At that meeting, the petition
states, the freeholders passed a resolution almost unanimously that
the City Hall be erected on land now
occupied by the present City Hall.
Continuing, the petition says that
the Corporation have ignored the
wishes of the freeholders to build the
City Hall on the present site, and it
points to the reasons upon which the
Coiporation made their decision. Referring to the Corporation's statement that unforeseen circumstances
had altered conditions since 1938,
the petition says, "The situation with
regard to the hotel may have been
unforeseen by the Corporation on
June 1, 1938, but if so, they were singularly blind, for it was apparent to
many observers long before that
date, that the hotel was doomed
unless it was steadily subsidized."
The petitioners ask what the Corporation would have done with the
Hamilton Hotel without the Tucker
bequest—presumably a reference to
the query in the Corporation's circular letter as to what the Coiporation would do with the eastern portion of the Hotel premises.
While the initiators of the petition
would give no definite figures as to
the number who have signed the petition, they stated that progress
was satisfactory and that by the end
of the week they would have sufficient names to the petition to forward it to the Corporation.
FOUR VISITORS UNHURT
IN CARRIAGE SPILL
Hired Vehicle on Drive-Self
Basis: Overturns at Corner
Tomorrow night, promptly at nine
o'clock, a score or so of Bermuda
beauties will promenade down the
main stairway of Belmont Manor,
down, on to the new addition of Cedar
Court and toward the pool. It will
be a promenade of golden dreams for
every girl will carry a hope that she
will be the lucky girl to be crowned
Miss Bermuda of 1939 an hour or so
later. Every girl has been carefully
selected. A committee of socially
prominent people has passed on
every girl. They know that she is a
Bermudian and that her family
have long been connected with Bermuda, that she is socially elegible
and that her selection will bring
honour to the Island,
Of course the winner, m addition
to the honour bestowed upon her, will
reap a treasure chest of beautiful
gifts. First of all there is the beautiful silver trophy given by Belmont
Manor. Until Friday noon it is on
display in Astwood and Dickinson's
window. Then there is the substantial check given by the Trade Development Board in addition to the lovely
gifts given by Bermuda shops to
make Miss Bermuda's stay in New
York one long remembeied and never
forgotten.
Most certainly no girl will have
more acclaim than she will as she
arrives on the Monarch of Bermuda |
next Wednesday morning. Escorted
by Captain Francis and under his
personal care, she will met droves of
newspaper photographers and news
reel cameramen all clamouring for
pictures. And from the moment of
her arrival in the metropolis her
trip will be one glorious breathless
adventure.
Her night at the play ' 'Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' will be one of the
special highlights. Raymond Massey,
the noted English and Canadian
star rose to new heights with his
word m this play.
But that is only one of the many
exjperiences that await the lucky
girl.
Belmont Manor has spared no
pains to make the evening a success.
Additional tables have been arranged, j
extra waiters hired and special ferry
Continued on Page 3
THEY SAY
tent
ede-
by
M<
Rev. Geoifre;
ieorge's. Th
ection Morn'
' w ere sung
was chant ec
10 en.
! inter
e at the St.
conducted by
s, Curate of i
is, "On the R*
"Abide With
he Nunc Dim
t accompaniment at the organ
rs. Harry Hayward.
3 family mourners were Mrs.
he widow, Mrs. June Gooch,
Miss Shirley Roberts, Master Richard
Roberts and Master Norman Roberts
(daughters and sons), Mr. Harold
Roberts, Mr. Stewart Roberts and
Mr. Harry Roberts (brothers), Mrs.
Malcolm Hollis and Mrs. Charles
Christiansen (sisters).
The Warden of Pilots, Commander
Landman, and Mrs. Landman were
present, in addition to Mr. James H.
Centime*! ot Page 10
Thoi
hur1
ten a ca
were badi
ip
nd r<
Yi
c
Robert;
wh<
ten
BERMUDIAN SAILS IN U.S.
SCHOONER YESTERDAY
Captain Did Not Want To Sail
13 Aboard Vessel
Apparently they had hired the carriage on a "drive-yourself" basis,
and one of the young ladies was
driving the carriage down King
Street. When she was turning the
corner the front wheel collapsed
or locked as a result of cutting the
corner too sharply. The ladies were past few months,
thrown and the horse made a bolt arch" yesterday,
down the hill leading to Front Street |
near the Reid Street extension, dragging the carriage. When part way
That the rain brought a little relief
yesterday.
* * *
That Hamiltonians complain that
Somerset and St. George's got the
lion's share.
* * *
I That that only proves that it rains
on the righteous as well as the
unrighteous.
* * *
That a phonograph has been given
to the hospital.
* * *
That the cynic says patients are glad
it was not a set of bagpipes.
* * *
That a Scot once lay dying in a hospital.
* * *
That as a last request he asked for a
piper to play for him.
* * *
That the Scot recovered.
That all the other patients died.
That all roads lead to the Agricultural
Station this afternoon.
* * *
That the youngsters have an attractive programme.
That tomorrow will see the "Miss
Bermuda" contest.
That don't miss this is the slogan.
That the last has
of the site for th<
That the cynic sa;
be settled.
That he would h
built.
That if a freehol
held one wonder
been heard
City Hall.
could easily
City
women
freeholders will be allowed to vote.
* * *
That it all depends on the way they
are expected to vote.
That the novel suggestion has been
made that England made an empire by disregarding the self-determination of peoples.
* * 4
That this suggestion was made by
the Nazi press in a claim for more
colonies.
That logic never w<
point of dictators.
the strong
"QUEEN" DUE TODAY WITH
520 PASSENGERS
Mrs. F.
llinois,
'Marine
anc
who
Villa,
Drake, of Lake Fc
3 Deen
Warwicl
;ailed in
*>ccuj
ng
3r the
"Mon-
When
down the hill the horse stumbled
and broke its two back fetlocks.
The ladies were taken into a nearby
residence and Dr. Harvey was summoned to treat them. Afterwards
they were taken to "Glengarry Cottage," where they have been staying.
The horse was later destroyed.
When the U.S. schooner Don
Quixote del Mar sailed from St.
George's yesterday for Maine, she
carried a Bermudian crew member,
Mr. Horace Frith, one of the Board
of Health Inspectors and son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Frith of Springfield
Paget. Mr. Frith obtained passage
suddenly—and as a result of the refusal of the schooner's captain to sail
with 13 aboard.
The Don Quixote del Mar brought
to Bermuda a number of Massachu
setts students on a holiday jaunt,
in the care of Mr. George Hoague, who
chartered and commanded the vessel.
One of the students decided to stay
in Bermuda and Captain Hoague
declined to clear harbour with the
unlucky number of 13 aboard.
Mr. Frith heard of the possibility
of obtaining a passage and was
promptly signed on as crew member
No. 14. The Don Quixote del Mar
arrived in St. George's en Saturday
night after a 16-day voyage from
Gloucester, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ley Jr. of
New York, who have been staying at
the home of Mrs. Ley's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Bertles, are expected to leave with their house guests
in the "Monarch" this afternoon.
* * *
Congratulations are offered Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Clifford on the birth
of a daughter at their home in St.
George's on Monday. Mrs. Clifford
is the former Miss Winifred Outer-
bridge.
* * *
Among those who sailed in the
Orduna yesterday were Mrs. Greed,
Mrs. Harry King, Mrs. Stanley Ingham and Master P. P. Ingham, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Ingham, Miss
Marion Young, Dr. H. B. Moore, Mr.
Hal Finsness, Major W. B. Welch
and Mr. W. F. Meyrick.
* * *
Mrs. H. S. Hansell of New York and
her mother, Mrs. Clarence Woolcott
have leased "Windsong House," Rid-
dell's Bay.
BERMUDA PONY CLUB
Enjoyable Event Today
Station, the Bermuda Pony Club
will stage a gymkhana which should
prove most enjoyable.
Eight events are scheduled and cups
and prizes have been presented for
competition.
Refreshments will be served during
the afternoon and the proceeds
will be devoted to the Ridgeway
Children's Home.
The first event is timed for 3 p.m.
and the concluding number, jumping in pairs, at 5.30 p.m.
Mrs. Swire has kindly constented to
distribute the prizes.
-o-
CONTENTS
Cable News
| They Say.
' British Official Press
Personal and Social
Freeholders' Petition
' Agricultural Experts here
Diary of S.P.T.
I Letters to the Editor
Cross Word Puzzle
Stock Quotations.
Steamship and Mail
Radio News
I According to Culbertson..
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LIGHTING-UP TIME
7.5S P.M.
WEATHER FORECAST
Moderate to Fresh Northwest Wind.
Fine, with Occasional Showers
Stye JRmjal terfte mh (bilimtet latlg
INCORPORATING THE ROYAL GAZETTE (Established 1828) and THE BERMUDA COLONIST (Established 1866)
VOL. 19—NO. 162
HAMILTON. BERMUDA. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1939
3d PER COPY—40/- PER ANNUM
REPORT IN LONDON OF HITLER'S PLAN FOR DANZIG PROBLEM
¥ARSAW HOPES FOR GERMANY'S
REASONABLE ATTITUDE" OVER|ra Make rf Local
LONG DISPUTED TERRITORY Conditions for Government
AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS £79-MILLI0N ADDED TO
FROM U.S. DUE TODAY RECORD BRITISH BUDGET
Bulgarian-Yugoslavian Alliance
Formulated As South Slav Bloc
For Nazis
LONDON, July 12. (CP)—Reports reaching London from
Berlin yesterday evening said that Hitler would offer Warsaw a
plan for the joint German-Polish control of Danzig with the Reich
authority predominating. The reports, which diplomatic circles
viewed skeptically, said that Hitler would offer to take over the
total administrative control of most of the disputed territory, but
would share with Poland the supervision of Danzig harbour and
customs. Germany would expect the Polish withdrawal from the
Anglo-French security league, the conclusion of a new Polish-
German friendship treaty, the resumption of Polish food exports
to Germany, the demilitarization of the Free City, the abolition of
the League of Nations regime and the removal of Geneva's Commissioner from Danzig.
\Y„-
12. (CP)—If Ger-|
tore reasonable at-
;xt few months it
a negotiate a "sim-
Danzig. the semi-
TYROLEAN GERMANS
SPLIT ON EXPULSION
ta F<
sua st
a
land
13 er]
Danzi*
zig a^
the R<
show
Polish rights hi De
control of any sort
atmg I
it is not im-
ierstand that she
ttle goodwill," the
ented. "It would
a to elaborate a | paper
than today's for
uld maintain. Dan-
ty, independent of
ling in the customs
id and submitting
no outside
Mussolini Decrees Against
Anti-Fascist Elements
PARIS, Jul}
BE
for i
GRADE, July 12.
virtual alliance
(CP)—Plans
by Bulgaria
.'ugoslavia were shaped today in
^parent furtherance of the
German project for a "little axis,"
including those two Slav nations and
countries of this
750 miles across
trope from the Alps
and have a combined
S2,000,000. Hungary
the Rome-Berlin
Hunga
projeci
stretch
powe:
Since
ed
in
wit
-c
;ad<
3d t
a 1
idei
mintern pact.
•s, mcluding
i bring Yugo-
igether in a
German in-
leHc
12. (CP)—The news-
Excelsior today said that bitterness among the 225,200 Germanic
residents of the Italian Tyrol, whom
Nazi organizers hope to move to
Germany, have resulted in a split of
the Tyrolean Nazis into two warring
groups. According to the newspaper
the opposition Nazi organization "is
leading an intense agitation against
the expulsion measures. In the
first place, where are the 225,200
sub-Tyrolean Germans to be sent?
It is rumoured they are destined to
people the marshy plains of East
Prussia. The Tyroleans dread this
destination and their resistance appears great, showing itself especially
in the creation of a new independent
party which was disavowed by the
Reich as soon as it was created."
ROME, July 12. (CP)—The Italian
Government disclosed today that
Mussolini himself had ordered all
foreigners cleared out of Bolzano province as a "political and military"
II Duce
i directed against anti-
rhe communique said
[nterior
lies
naee
oalinued on Pi
as Minister
the expuh
l frontier c
which Ita
in the Gre;
on was take]
e Ovra, Ital
ns iron
the Tj
gamed
Wi
The possibility of export of
specially packaged high quality produce.
(e) Encouragement and assistance
for raisers of hogs, poultry, etc., for
food purposes.
(f) Reorganization of Department
of Agriculture to provide maximum
assistance to the farmer.
The Director of Agriculture, Mr. T.
A. Russell will meet the commission
at the dock and later in the day the
visitors will meet members of the
Agricultural Department and possibly members of the Executive Council. It is not expected that the commission will meet the Board of Agriculture at once but a meeting may
be arranged later. Sir Stanley Spurling, Chairman of the Board of Agriculture, stated yesterday that the
survey was not the "baby" of the
Board but rather of the House of
Assembly, and that instructions
would probably go out from the
Executive Council rather than the
Board of Agriculture.
Questioned yesterd:
op;
As:
du
Deen
vey
but £
dowr
son
what
duce
ation raised 3
nbly to the s
id in the hea
ey Spurling sa
some criticisi
leing conduct
ome of the pri
. here during
and are well
TIENTSIN, July 12. (CP)—Vice-
Admiral Masaharu Hibino, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese
naval forces in North China, said
today that Japan was prepared "to
chastise anybody who stood in the
way" of establishing a "new order in
East Asia." This statement was
made after the Admiral toured the
blockaded lines. The naval chieftain
declared that the British attitude
toward the Sino-Japanese war "was
adominable" and the Japanese were
"determined to attain their objectives in the forthcoming negotiations" with the British representatives at Tokio.
The Japanese have demanded an
end to British anti-Japanese activities and British help to the Chinese
in the Central Government.
Only a small supply of milk was
permitted to enter the British Concession today. Four Soviet-Russian dairymen were detained despite
two strong protests recently by the
Soviet consul-general. The electrified wires around the British and
French Concessions were blamed
for the death of a Chinese found
at the boundary of the international
area. It was the third such death.
rday regarding
l the House of
rvey being con-
of summer, Sir
i that there had
about the sur-
d at this time,
fessors had been
he growing sea-
icquainted with
we produce and how we pro-
it. It seemed the problem
was more an economic one, of marketing, than anything else.
The Department will co-operate
with the commission during the survey, which is expected to take at
least five weeks, and already they
have forwarded considerable data
and information to Cornell University. Following their study of con-
Continued on Page 4
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EXETER COMING HERE TO
RECEIVE FRENCH SHIPS
Breaking Present Cruise &
Arrives Here Tuesday
H.M.S. Exeter, under the command
of Commodore H. H. Harwood,
O.B.E., will interrupt her present
cruise and return to Bermuda on
Tuesday next in order to receive the
French cruiser squadron which is to
visit Bermuda after a voyage to the
New York World's Fair. The three
French cruisers will be in these
waters from July 20 to 25.
H.M.S. Dundee and Penzance, the
two escort ships on this Station, will
leave Bermuda next Tuesday to cruise
in American, Canadian, Newfoundland and Labrador waters. They aie
due to return to Bermuda in October.
New Sums for Conscript
Army and Territorial Army
LONDON, July 12. (CP)—Mr.
Chamberlain's Cabinet asked Parliament today for more money to pay
for Britain's expanding army and
extended its credits to two Balkan
allies for arms. Other steps in
Britain's preparedness campaign included the disclosure that the Royal
Air Force will make more extensive
long distance mass flights over the
South of France, and possibly over
the Mediterranean near the Italian
coast.
The second revision of the ARP
evacuation plan is to include large
areas of London not considered in
the danger zone until now.
A third announcement today concerned stocks of essential raw
materials of which, it is stated, Britain has more than an adequate supply for three months of war-time
needs.
A supplementary estimate for the
1939 budget added £79,105,000 to a
record Army appropriation in what
is already Britain's largest budget
since the Great War and the largest
in the nation's peace-time history.
The additional funds will help to
supply the new conscript army, which
is expected to reach an enrollment of
100,000 20-year-old recruits before
the end of the year, and the Territorial Army, which has grown to 4S5.090
men.
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SUDDEN DEATH OF PILOT
REGINALD ROBERTS (41)
Has Been Pilot 18 Years, 10
in Government Service
The death occurred very suddenly
yesterday morning of Mr. Reginald
Roberts, one of the Bermuda Government Pilots, at his residence at the
west end of St. David's Island. Pilot
Roberts was playing with his granddaughter when he was suddenly
stricken ill, and his death occurred
almost at once. Dr. Bookings went
over to St. David's Island from St.
George's, but death had taken place
some time before he arrived. Mr.
Roberts was 41 years of age.
Mr. Roberts had been a pilot for 18
years. He was one of i he private
pilots who joined the Government
Service when it was formed in
. to which he had p
ito Bermuda channel
ears. Pilots from th
Pilot Statio i acted as pall-
the funeral yesterday
PETITION URGES PRESENT
CITY HALL SITE
MISS BERMUDA CONTEST
1U
previf
ships
eight
David's
nearers
1929,
oted S
St
Describes the Corporation
Decision As Arbitrary
"We, the undersigned freeholders,
wish to unite in voicing our unreserved
objection to the arbitrary decision"
commences a petition now being circulated amongst freeholders cf the
City of Hamilton against the proposal to utilize the site of the eastern
portion of the Hamilton Hotel for the
new City Hall. The sponsors of the
petition have been canvassing quietly
and hope to induce a majority of
about 230 freeholders in the City to
sign it.
The petition reviews the situation
leading up to the decision of the
Corporation to build the City Hall,
and refers particularly to the meeting
of the freeholders held on June 1,
1938. At that meeting, the petition
states, the freeholders passed a resolution almost unanimously that
the City Hall be erected on land now
occupied by the present City Hall.
Continuing, the petition says that
the Corporation have ignored the
wishes of the freeholders to build the
City Hall on the present site, and it
points to the reasons upon which the
Coiporation made their decision. Referring to the Corporation's statement that unforeseen circumstances
had altered conditions since 1938,
the petition says, "The situation with
regard to the hotel may have been
unforeseen by the Corporation on
June 1, 1938, but if so, they were singularly blind, for it was apparent to
many observers long before that
date, that the hotel was doomed
unless it was steadily subsidized."
The petitioners ask what the Corporation would have done with the
Hamilton Hotel without the Tucker
bequest—presumably a reference to
the query in the Corporation's circular letter as to what the Coiporation would do with the eastern portion of the Hotel premises.
While the initiators of the petition
would give no definite figures as to
the number who have signed the petition, they stated that progress
was satisfactory and that by the end
of the week they would have sufficient names to the petition to forward it to the Corporation.
FOUR VISITORS UNHURT
IN CARRIAGE SPILL
Hired Vehicle on Drive-Self
Basis: Overturns at Corner
Tomorrow night, promptly at nine
o'clock, a score or so of Bermuda
beauties will promenade down the
main stairway of Belmont Manor,
down, on to the new addition of Cedar
Court and toward the pool. It will
be a promenade of golden dreams for
every girl will carry a hope that she
will be the lucky girl to be crowned
Miss Bermuda of 1939 an hour or so
later. Every girl has been carefully
selected. A committee of socially
prominent people has passed on
every girl. They know that she is a
Bermudian and that her family
have long been connected with Bermuda, that she is socially elegible
and that her selection will bring
honour to the Island,
Of course the winner, m addition
to the honour bestowed upon her, will
reap a treasure chest of beautiful
gifts. First of all there is the beautiful silver trophy given by Belmont
Manor. Until Friday noon it is on
display in Astwood and Dickinson's
window. Then there is the substantial check given by the Trade Development Board in addition to the lovely
gifts given by Bermuda shops to
make Miss Bermuda's stay in New
York one long remembeied and never
forgotten.
Most certainly no girl will have
more acclaim than she will as she
arrives on the Monarch of Bermuda |
next Wednesday morning. Escorted
by Captain Francis and under his
personal care, she will met droves of
newspaper photographers and news
reel cameramen all clamouring for
pictures. And from the moment of
her arrival in the metropolis her
trip will be one glorious breathless
adventure.
Her night at the play ' 'Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' will be one of the
special highlights. Raymond Massey,
the noted English and Canadian
star rose to new heights with his
word m this play.
But that is only one of the many
exjperiences that await the lucky
girl.
Belmont Manor has spared no
pains to make the evening a success.
Additional tables have been arranged, j
extra waiters hired and special ferry
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THEY SAY
tent
ede-
by
M<
Rev. Geoifre;
ieorge's. Th
ection Morn'
' w ere sung
was chant ec
10 en.
! inter
e at the St.
conducted by
s, Curate of i
is, "On the R*
"Abide With
he Nunc Dim
t accompaniment at the organ
rs. Harry Hayward.
3 family mourners were Mrs.
he widow, Mrs. June Gooch,
Miss Shirley Roberts, Master Richard
Roberts and Master Norman Roberts
(daughters and sons), Mr. Harold
Roberts, Mr. Stewart Roberts and
Mr. Harry Roberts (brothers), Mrs.
Malcolm Hollis and Mrs. Charles
Christiansen (sisters).
The Warden of Pilots, Commander
Landman, and Mrs. Landman were
present, in addition to Mr. James H.
Centime*! ot Page 10
Thoi
hur1
ten a ca
were badi
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ten
BERMUDIAN SAILS IN U.S.
SCHOONER YESTERDAY
Captain Did Not Want To Sail
13 Aboard Vessel
Apparently they had hired the carriage on a "drive-yourself" basis,
and one of the young ladies was
driving the carriage down King
Street. When she was turning the
corner the front wheel collapsed
or locked as a result of cutting the
corner too sharply. The ladies were past few months,
thrown and the horse made a bolt arch" yesterday,
down the hill leading to Front Street |
near the Reid Street extension, dragging the carriage. When part way
That the rain brought a little relief
yesterday.
* * *
That Hamiltonians complain that
Somerset and St. George's got the
lion's share.
* * *
I That that only proves that it rains
on the righteous as well as the
unrighteous.
* * *
That a phonograph has been given
to the hospital.
* * *
That the cynic says patients are glad
it was not a set of bagpipes.
* * *
That a Scot once lay dying in a hospital.
* * *
That as a last request he asked for a
piper to play for him.
* * *
That the Scot recovered.
That all the other patients died.
That all roads lead to the Agricultural
Station this afternoon.
* * *
That the youngsters have an attractive programme.
That tomorrow will see the "Miss
Bermuda" contest.
That don't miss this is the slogan.
That the last has
of the site for th<
That the cynic sa;
be settled.
That he would h
built.
That if a freehol
held one wonder
been heard
City Hall.
could easily
City
women
freeholders will be allowed to vote.
* * *
That it all depends on the way they
are expected to vote.
That the novel suggestion has been
made that England made an empire by disregarding the self-determination of peoples.
* * 4
That this suggestion was made by
the Nazi press in a claim for more
colonies.
That logic never w<
point of dictators.
the strong
"QUEEN" DUE TODAY WITH
520 PASSENGERS
Mrs. F.
llinois,
'Marine
anc
who
Villa,
Drake, of Lake Fc
3 Deen
Warwicl
;ailed in
*>ccuj
ng
3r the
"Mon-
When
down the hill the horse stumbled
and broke its two back fetlocks.
The ladies were taken into a nearby
residence and Dr. Harvey was summoned to treat them. Afterwards
they were taken to "Glengarry Cottage," where they have been staying.
The horse was later destroyed.
When the U.S. schooner Don
Quixote del Mar sailed from St.
George's yesterday for Maine, she
carried a Bermudian crew member,
Mr. Horace Frith, one of the Board
of Health Inspectors and son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Frith of Springfield
Paget. Mr. Frith obtained passage
suddenly—and as a result of the refusal of the schooner's captain to sail
with 13 aboard.
The Don Quixote del Mar brought
to Bermuda a number of Massachu
setts students on a holiday jaunt,
in the care of Mr. George Hoague, who
chartered and commanded the vessel.
One of the students decided to stay
in Bermuda and Captain Hoague
declined to clear harbour with the
unlucky number of 13 aboard.
Mr. Frith heard of the possibility
of obtaining a passage and was
promptly signed on as crew member
No. 14. The Don Quixote del Mar
arrived in St. George's en Saturday
night after a 16-day voyage from
Gloucester, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ley Jr. of
New York, who have been staying at
the home of Mrs. Ley's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Bertles, are expected to leave with their house guests
in the "Monarch" this afternoon.
* * *
Congratulations are offered Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Clifford on the birth
of a daughter at their home in St.
George's on Monday. Mrs. Clifford
is the former Miss Winifred Outer-
bridge.
* * *
Among those who sailed in the
Orduna yesterday were Mrs. Greed,
Mrs. Harry King, Mrs. Stanley Ingham and Master P. P. Ingham, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Ingham, Miss
Marion Young, Dr. H. B. Moore, Mr.
Hal Finsness, Major W. B. Welch
and Mr. W. F. Meyrick.
* * *
Mrs. H. S. Hansell of New York and
her mother, Mrs. Clarence Woolcott
have leased "Windsong House," Rid-
dell's Bay.
BERMUDA PONY CLUB
Enjoyable Event Today
Station, the Bermuda Pony Club
will stage a gymkhana which should
prove most enjoyable.
Eight events are scheduled and cups
and prizes have been presented for
competition.
Refreshments will be served during
the afternoon and the proceeds
will be devoted to the Ridgeway
Children's Home.
The first event is timed for 3 p.m.
and the concluding number, jumping in pairs, at 5.30 p.m.
Mrs. Swire has kindly constented to
distribute the prizes.
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CONTENTS
Cable News
| They Say.
' British Official Press
Personal and Social
Freeholders' Petition
' Agricultural Experts here
Diary of S.P.T.
I Letters to the Editor
Cross Word Puzzle
Stock Quotations.
Steamship and Mail
Radio News
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